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LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT

Morphogenic protein epimorphin protects intestinal epithelial cells from oxidative stress by the activation of EGF receptor and MEK/ERK, PI3 kinase/Akt signals

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita; ²Department of Morphoregulation, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Submitted 30 April 2006 ; accepted in final form 16 July 2006

Epimorphin is a mesenchymal protein that regulates morphogenesis of epithelial cells. Our preliminary study suggested a novel function of epimorphin in enhancing survival of intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). Oxidative stress leads to cell injury and death and is suggested to be a key contributor to pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. This study was conducted to determine whether epimorphin protects IEC from oxidative stress. Rat intestinal epithelial cell line IEC-6 was cultured with epimorphin (10 and 20 µg/ml), and the life span of IEC was assessed. The mean life span of IEC-6 cells was prolonged 1.9-fold (P < 0.0006) by treatment with epimorphin. We then examined the epimorphin signaling pathways. Epimorphin phosphorylated epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, activated the MEK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI3) kinase/Akt pathways, phosphorylated Bad, and induced Bcl-X_L and survivin. Hydrogen peroxide (1 mM) induced cell death in 92% of IEC-6 cells, but epimorphin dramatically diminished (88.7%) cell death induced by hydrogen peroxide (P < 0.0001). This protective effect of epimorphin was significantly attenuated by inhibitors of MEK and PI3 kinase (P < 0.0001) or EGF receptor-neutralizing antibody (P = 0.0007). In wound assays, the number of migrated cells in the wound area decreased (72.5%) by treatment with 30 µM hydrogen peroxide, but epimorphin increased the number of migrated cells 3.18-fold (P < 0.0001). These results support a novel function of epimorphin in protecting IEC from oxidative stress. This anti-oxidative function of epimorphin is dramatic and is likely mediated by the activation of EGF receptors and the MEK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase and PI3 kinase/Akt signaling pathways and through the induction of anti-apoptotic factors.

epimorphin; oxidative stress; intestinal epithelial cells; epidermal growth factor receptor; extracellular signal-regulated kinase

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